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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1955
Page
6
Indian adviser to Prime Minister Nehru, M. K. Krishna Menon, left Peiping for India saying we can look forward with hope. His Tokyo dispatch touched on Formosa and imprisoned U S airmen. Nehru sent Menon to discuss Afro-Asian Conference topics from Bandung Indonesia.
In Venice Italy a burglar who robbed two elderly sisters Guiseppina Gelfi 70 and Stella Gelfi 72 apparently returned part of the money. The sisters reported 24 percent of a million lire stolen from their apartment and later received a package in the mall containing 2 128 000 lire about 3400 dollars.
Two light earthquakes were felt in the Philippines in Dumaguete City and Iloilo City. Russia and the United States discussed a civil defense exercise on farm exports and critical target areas with Russian officials ready to issue visas for a visit by American agronomists.
A large Armed Forces Day celebration on Fifth Avenue featured a march down West Point cadets and 24 bands. The parade planned to include more than 125 air force and Navy planes, with the event marking the annual observance amid a fire incident at Limboi cotton mill.
Merstham England conductor Tom Payne raced in a cab to catch his train as the platform’s short length delayed alighting. He guided the first group off, then chased the engine to the next stop with a taxi, paying 2 shillings 6 pence.
Singapore police announced 42 people were arrested in connection with the May 12 bus strike riot. Some suspects are believed involved in the fatal attack on American newsman Gene Symonds, United Press Southeast Asia manager. Police aim to locate others linked to the death of two detectives that same night.
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